Feng Shui with Style! Working with Your Element Type
When you begin to study feng shui, you quickly realize the importance of the qualities and characteristics of the five feng shui elements: wood, fire, earth, metal, and water. This knowledge is essential to selecting appropriate colors, furnishings, and accessories for your home. You can also use your understanding of the five elements to develop a personalized feng shui strategy, based on the element that is reflected most strongly in your own style of living.Metal energy is clean, simple, and detail-oriented. Earth is lush, nurturing and comfortable. Water is free-flowing, expressive, and intuitive. Wood is ambitious, forward-thinking, and practical. Fire is passionate, excitable, and changeable. Each of us has a unique combination of these five energies in our own personality, usually with one element dominating. This is reflected in how we decorate and use our homes. Some of us developed a strong style preference at a very early age, which continues to serve and suit us well. Others go through different phases as they progress through life. You may once have covered anything that didn't move in chintz and ruffles, but now find yourself appreciating the clarity of a more sparsely decorated space - or vice versa. During an earlier phase you may have been happy with few possessions and a minimalist lifestyle, only to find greater comfort now in the abundant colors and textures of a more lavishly decorated home.The element that is strongest in your personality right n

Choosing a Debt Management Program
Warning: DO NOT Begin any Debt Management Program, UNLESS the Company You Choose Meets these Six Criteria:In fact, if these six criteria are not met, don't even get your hopes up...1. The company has been in business for over one year.If 9 out of 10 new businesses fail within one year, why would you want your financial future dependent upon the success of a brand-new business?There's been an explosion of debt management, debt settlement, debt negotiation and credit counseling companies in the past 1-2 years. Check to see when the company you're looking at began operations. BEWARE of brand new companies that will ask for your business today, yet will be out of business by this time next year.2. The company's Reliability Report with the Better Business Bureau is both listed and free of unresolved complaints.Check here and watch out for companies with a long list of complaints: www.bbb.orgLook at how long the company has been in business and contrast that against the number of complaints the company has had. It's very rare for a company to be in business for very long without getting any complaints, although some have done it. Pay close attention, however, and RUN from any company who's only been in business for a short time yet has a list of complaints with the BBB.If a company does have complaints, be sure they are resolved. Ask the company about the complaint and trust your gut when you hear their response. Is it genuine and

Understanding Myself and My Wife
Married life means a life of commitment. There is no longer just you or me but it is about us. Us means you+me or even you overlapping me.To me, married life means being there for her when she has happy (or sad) things she wants to share with me.Married life means understanding how hectic my partner’s work has been and understanding that she may be affected in one way or the other.Married life means forgiving my partner for not having spent enough time with me.I had heard of stories of how husband had taken his wife for granted and even blaming her for not spending enough time at home, for bringing complaints from work to home or even for not having taken good care of the children.For me, my personal opinion is it is ok for my wife to talk about the stress she faced in work because she must have felt comfortable to share with me and she feels safe with me. And this is why she shares with me.I don’t know. I have heard of spouses feeling really irritated by the complaints from their significant others.If after she shares with me and she feels better, I don’t mind sharing half of her burden.If after she shares with me and she knows a better way to cope, I don’t mind listening to what she says.If after she shares with me and I could understand her better, I don’t mind spending my time hearing her out.If I, as the husband won’t listen, who will?

Profiting From Your List With Joint Ventures (JV's) and Affiliate Products
How do lists help you to succeed online? Many people do not realize it, but in fact there are a number of highly viable methods you can make use of in order to profit from your list – so lets go through the two main ones, affiliate marketing and Joint Ventures (JV’s).Promoting affiliate programsThis is a quick, easy way to make a few fast commissions from just a few minutes work, and is by far the most common way to profit from your list.What you will be doing is going to clickbank, and going to “promote products” in order to look for products related to the niche your list specializes in. Once you do a search and find products related to your niche, just click the “create hoplink” for your own affiliate link.When looking for products to promote, look for those which offer high commission (75% is good), high selling price (thus making you more per affiliate sale) and a high conversion rate (that is the percentage of website visitors who buy the product). You will also want to promote a good product, and while you don’t necessarily have to buy it, what you can do here is go to reputable forums and look to see what people are saying about the product (or search Google).Once you do this, all you have to do is write a compelling email to your list promoting that product. Use the “useful but incomplete” and “presell, don’t presell” marketing methods. In other words, don’t hype up the arrangement! Instead, just make your email look like more of a

Magic Screenwriting: Hero's Journey; Tangible Representation of the Old World
The Hero's Journey is the template upon which the vast majority of successful stories and Hollywood blockbusters are based upon. Understanding this template is a priority for story or screenwriters:The Hero's Journey:• Attempts to tap into unconscious expectations the audience has regarding what a story is and how it should be told.• Gives the writer more structural elements than simply three or four acts, plot points, mid point and so on.• Interpreted metaphorically, laterally and symbolically, allows an infinite number of varied stories to be created.The Hero's Journey is also a study of repeating patterns in successful stories and screenplays. It is compelling that screenwriters have a higher probability of producing quality work when they mirror the recurring patterns found in successful screenplays.The Hero's Journey is also a study of conventions. Before screenwriters can decide whether to accept or reject the conventions, they must appreciate their purpose and value.Consider this:• Titanic (1997) grossed over $600,000,000 – uses the Hero's Journey as a template.• Star Wars (1977) grossed over $460,000,000 - uses the Hero's Journey as a template.• Shrek 2 (2004) grossed over $436,000,000 - uses the Hero's Journey as a template.• ET (1982) grossed over $434,000,000 - uses the Hero's Journey as a template.• Spiderman (2002) grossed over $432,000,000 - uses the Hero's Journey as a template.<

Planning a Military Wedding
Any man or woman who is an active member of the military may have a military wedding.A military ceremony is conducted according to the religion and traditions of the couple but with a few twists. A military wedding is different from a civilian wedding in the following ways.ATTIREFormal attire must be worn. Any man in the military must wear his full-dress uniform including white gloves and sword/saber. Men in uniform do not wear boutonnieres.If the bride is a military member, she may wear her uniform if she so chooses.Since this is a formal wedding the bride should wear an appropriate gown - no low-cut necklines or backs, and nothing strapless. A long elegant gown with a flowing train would be ideal.All non-military attendants must wear formal attire.If a bride wears her uniform, she cannot wear flowers or a corsage.An American flag should be displayed along with the standards (colors) of the couple’s military unit(s) during the ceremony.RECESSIONALThe bride and groom pass under an arch of drawn swords or sabers. The arch is formed by an honor guard (made up of commissioned officers), and symbolizes a safe passage into marriage.On command swords or sabers are raised with the sharp edge facing up. The couple enters the arch, stops to kiss, then pass through. The newlywed(s) in uniform salutes the honor guard. The officers then return the swords/sabers to the carry position.RECEPTIONAt a seated